Explore Val-Saint-Gilles, Quebec, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Val-Saint-Gilles, Quebec. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Val-Saint-Gilles and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Val-Saint-Gilles.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Val-Saint-Gilles |
| Type | Municipality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Val-Saint-Gilles; Abitibi-Ouest |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 48.982146 |
| Longitude | -79.119391 |
| Population | 169 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J9Z |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | EIKEG |
Val-Saint-Gilles is a municipality in Val-Saint-Gilles; Abitibi-Ouest, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a town. Val-Saint-Gilles is located at 48.9821°N, 79.1194°W.
Val-Saint-Gilles sits perched along the persistent flow of the Rivière Turgeon, where the land yields to the stubborn reach of the northern woods. It lies 20.5 km north-north-east of La Sarre, QC (from La Sarre, QC: bearing 18°T), and is situated 13.9 km north-north-west of Chazel. The horizon here is defined by the Crête Lucien, a ridge that holds the light of late afternoon long after the low-lying hollows have slipped into shadow. In the quiet hours of the day, the air carries a crisp, metallic edge, sharpening the silhouette of the trees against a sky that seems to stretch further than the eye can comfortably track. Five kilometers away, the stillness of Lac du Canard provides a mirror for the passing clouds, anchoring the surrounding expanse with its dark, reflective depths. The founding of Val-Saint-Gilles emerged from the necessity of carving a livelihood from the stubborn, resistant earth of Abitibi-Ouest. Residents have long looked to the forest and the soil, maintaining a connection to the land that is measured in the seasonal turn of agricultural work and the steady labor of local industry. Life in Val-Saint-Gilles operates with a focused clarity, where the day begins with the sound of engines starting against the morning chill and ends with the woodsmoke drifting toward the Rivière Turgeon. There is a distinct patience in the way the local residents go about their tasks, a recognition that the land demands respect and provides only what is earned through consistent, careful effort.
Val-Saint-Gilles déploie ses terres fertiles sous un ciel vaste où la lumière décline avec une lenteur solennelle, illuminant les horizons de la Crête Lucien. La vie s'organise ici selon le rythme patient des travaux agricoles, héritage d'une colonisation courageuse qui a su dompter les sols boréaux pour en extraire une subsistance robuste. La Rivière Turgeon serpente à travers ce territoire, offrant ses eaux calmes aux reflets changeants tandis que, non loin, les rives du Lac du Canard semblent retenir le silence des forêts environnantes. Val-Saint-Gilles conserve cette dignité des lieux façonnés par une volonté tenace, où chaque rangée de culture souligne la rigueur et la beauté du relief abitibien. Les habitants entretiennent une relation étroite avec cette terre qui exige autant qu’elle donne, transformant le labeur quotidien en une forme de persévérance tranquille. À l'heure où les ombres s'étirent sur les champs, le paysage révèle une profondeur singulière, celle d'un espace où l'homme et la nature s'accordent dans une mesure austère et sereine, loin de l'agitation des grands centres. Ce coin de pays, par sa simplicité dépouillée, offre une perspective unique sur la résilience humaine face à l'immensité sauvage.
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Explore Val-Saint-Gilles, Quebec, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 48.982146, -79.119391. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Val-Saint-Gilles includes the postal code (J9Z), telephone area code (263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Val-Saint-Gilles is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |